It is official. The boy is addicted to vacuum cleaners. (From what I understand, this might be a direct genetic inheritance from his father!) He cannot stop talking about the vacuum cleaner! Seriously - he knows the sign for it!Here are a few snippets of a typical day with Caiden:
[enter Caiden's room after waking up in the morning]
L: Good morning Caiden!!
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
L: Yes, vacuum. The vacuum is sleeping right now.
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
L: Maybe we'll see the vacuum in a little while. Let's go change your diaper.
...
[going downstairs]
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
L: Yes Caiden. The vacuum is sleeping in the closet. Now let's get you some breakfast.
...
[going into Caiden's room after his morning nap]
L: Hi Caiden! How was your nap?
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
C: VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM!!!!
...
I think you might be starting to understand just how serious this obsession is. It all started several weeks ago when Caiden saw the vacuum in action for the first time. Normally we take care of vacuuming while he is asleep, but I was short on time this day. Let me tell you, he was riveted! He followed me all around the kitchen and family room watching intently just what the vacuum did. I kept telling him what it was, and showed him the sign for it too.
Fast forward to a few weeks later. We haven't talked about the vacuum nor has he see it out and about. Well, as we came down the stairs he spied it sitting there in the hall. He started signing vacuum which surprised me cuz I didn't think he remembered it!
From that point on it became all he could talk about. He wanted to look at the vacuum; touch the vacuum; play with the vacuum; push the vacuum around; watch me vacuum; do some vacuuming himself. He just couldn't get enough of it!
Caiden's vacuum encounter
Caiden vacuuming
But then he started to get mad at the vacuum. It's pretty heavy and unwieldy for a little guy like him. He'd move it around a bit, and then it would get stuck. This would lead into endless spirals of play, get mad, and cry. What to do?! Luckily, B and I figured out a solution. We decided to ---To be continued...
3 comments:
... decided to --- attach Caiden's bike trailer to your Roomba?
Too funny! My nephew Brad also was very intrigued by vacuum cleaners. And it lasted for years. In fact as he got older he would go through the Sunday papers and show his mom and dad the sale pages that listed vacuum cleaners and want them to buy new ones!
Yes, I also thought of my cousin Brad who was obsessed with vacuum cleaners. I remember he knew all the specific brands.
My favorite part was the fact that he had one shoe on and one shoe off in the second video. A godmother notices these things!
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